I am a resident of india and i receved a sms from: "WEBSMS", message center number : 9821100006 on 30th jan. It read: "CONGRATULATION YOUR MOBILE NUMBER HAS WON YOU 500, 000.00 GBP IN THE ONGOING NOKIA NEW YEAR BONANZA FOR MORE INFO EMAIL- [email protected] OR CALL 447529672031". As i had just purchased a nokia phone it seemed very convincing so i called them and spoke to a person named Grice Phillips. In reply to our conversations, I got a very convincing mail that included a scanned copy of a U.k. passport of the name Grice Phillips. Unfortunately i had replied to his mail and also scanned and sent a copy of my driver's licence. But when i had to pay for the cheque to be shipped to India, it costed me 1000$ which when cnverted is Rs45000 and is a LOT!!! I was asked to transfer the cost via "WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER" to a person said to be a representative of a courier service based in the U.S.A called "Virgin Couriers". Ony the sum of Rs 45000 brought me to reality and made me think twice!!! I urge every one not to be fooled by this scam because it is very well done and quite convincing. I have uploaded the emails and the picture of the british passport at: http://smokeart-volume1.blogspot.com/ .
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